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B-Ball on the Block and Block Arte

The "B-Ball on the Block and Block Arte" program is designed to bring people out onto the streets and create healthy activities for kids and families.

Basketball games are held from 5 to 8 p.m. each week, with teams organized by local block groups as well as schools including Castellanos Middle School, 2524 S. Central Park, and Eli Whitney, 2815 S. Komensky.

The events take place on a different block each week and are hosted by local families. Chicago Police and local residents close off the blocks for the evening to ensure safety.

Art projects are also part of each evening as children and local artists work on panels that will become part of a large mural. Face painting, barbecuing and information booths focused on health and safety fill out the program.

The series is organized by the Little Village Community Development Corporation with support from Alderman Ricardo Muñoz, 10th District Police, Dr. Jorge Prieto Health Center, Little Village Chamber of Commerce, YMCA Street Intervention Program, CeaseFire, Second Federal Savings and LISC/Chicago.

LVCDC

LVCDC is dedicated to making a positive difference in the lives of residents of the Little Village community by fostering a physically safe and healthy environment in which to live and by championing opportunities for educational advancement and economic development.

6/15

25th and Kildare

6/22

30th and Drake

6/29

22nd and Kildare

7/6

26th and Homan

7/13

28th and Komensky

7/20

22nd and Avers

7/27

22nd and Sacremento

8/3

28th and Kilbourn

8/10

23rd and St. Louis

8/17

27th and Springfield

8/25

FINALS: 27th and Ridgeway

8/31

CITYWIDE FINALS: TBA

LISC/Chicago: New Communities Program organizes capital and other resources to support initiatives that will stimulate the comprehensive development of healthy, stable neighborhoods and foster their connection to the socioeconomic mainstream of the metropolitan region.

Ceasefire is a strategic community-based effort to stop shootings and killings through street-level outreach, public education, and community mobilization.

Chicago Bulls, the non-profit arm of the Bulls, donated $50,000 to create the Chicago Bulls B-Ball on the Block program in Little Village, Pilsen, and Lawndale.

Project Safe Neighborhoods is a nationwide commitment to reduce gun crime in America by networking existing local programs that target gun crime and providing these programs with additional tools necessary to be successful.

RTC Industries is the partner of choice for retailers and brand companies seeking to activate retail space to its optimum level, and the employer of choice for talented and dedicated people seeking a rewarding, creative, challenging and exciting career.

AT&T is the largest communications holding company in the United States and worldwide by revenue, the leading worldwide provider of IP-based communications services to businesses, and the leading U.S. provider of wireless, high speed Internet access, local and long distance voice, and directory publishing and advertising services.

Ricardo Muñoz was youngest member of the City Council when he first joined the body in 1993; he has earned a reputation as one of the most serious and effective council members. His citywide leadership on education and labor issues has helped re-define the role of independents in the City Council.